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MODELING STUDIES FOR PLANNING: THE GREEN BAY PROJECT
Citation:
Martin, J., W. Richardson, AND S. McCutcheon. MODELING STUDIES FOR PLANNING: THE GREEN BAY PROJECT. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-92/010 (NTIS PB92136944).
Description:
A major contaminant monitoring and modeling study is underway for Green Bay, Lake Michigan. onitoring programs in support of contaminant modeling of large waterbodies, such as for Green Bay, are expensive and their extent is often limited by budget limitations, laboratory capacity, and logistic constraints. herefore, it is imperative that available resources be used in the most efficient manner possible. his use, or allocation of resources, may be aided through the application of readily available models in the planning stages of projects. o aid in the planning effort for the Green Bay project, a workshop was held and studies designed to aid in the allocation of resources for a year-long intensive field study. hysical/chemical and food chain models were applied using historical data to aid in project planning by identifying processes having the greatest impact on the predictive capability of mass balance models. tudies were also conducted to estimate errors in computed tributary loadings and in-Bay concentrations and contaminant mass associated with different sampling strategies. he studies contributed to the overall project design, which was a collaborative effort with many participants involved in budgeting, field and data collection, analysis, processing of data, quality assurance, data management and modeling activities.